Kirsten Bolm

Kirsten Bolm 2006 at the ISTAF in Berlin

Kirsten Bolm (born March 4, 1975 in Frechen ) is a former German athlete who specialized in the 100-meter hurdles .

Life

Bolm grew up in Scheeßel , where she had been part of TV Scheeßel since 1985. In 1991 she won her first national title when she became youth champion over the hurdles and in the long jump . The following year she was fifth over the hurdles at the Junior World Championships in Seoul . In 1994 Bolm won gold at the Junior World Championships in Lisbon , and she also reached fifth place in the long jump.

In the adult area, Bolm became German runner-up in 1999 and qualified for the World Championships in Seville , where she was eliminated in the interim. The following year she became German champion for the first time. In 2001 she switched to LT DSHS Cologne . She was able to defend the national championship and took part in the World Championships in Edmonton . At the European Indoor Championships in Vienna in 2002 , she won the silver medal over the 60 meter hurdles. At the European Championships in Munich , she was eliminated in advance.

From 2003 Bolm started for MTG Mannheim and trained with Rüdiger Harksen . In 2004 she took part in the Olympic Games in Athens and reached the intermediate run there. The following year she won bronze at the European Indoor Championships in Madrid . On July 22, 2005, she ran in London with 12.59 s, the fastest time of a German hurdler in 18 years. Shortly thereafter, she came fourth at the World Championships in Helsinki .

In Moscow , Bolm came fifth at the 2006 World Indoor Championships . In the open air she was German champion for the sixth time. At the European Championships in Gothenburg , Bolm was initially awarded the bronze medal behind Derval O'Rourke, who was also Irish at the same time . After a successful protest by the DLV , she also received the silver medal. In 2007 she won bronze at the European Indoor Championships in Birmingham . After she could not qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing due to an injury , she ended her active career in 2008.

Bolm had a competition weight of 69 kg with a height of 1.81 m. She studied from 1997 to 2001 at Brigham Young University in the United States and received a Bachelor of Science (Psychology). She completed her studies in psychology at Heidelberg University in 2009 with a diploma.

Success at international highlights

• Junior World Championships 1994: Gold (13.26 s)
• Universiade 1999: Bronze with the 4 x 100 meter relay
• 2004 Summer Olympics : Eliminated in the semi-finals
• World Championships 2005 : 4th place (12.82 s)
• Indoor World Championships 2006 : 5th place over 60 m hurdles (7.93 s)
• European Championships 2006 : silver (12.72 s)
• European Indoor Championships 2002 , 2005 and 2007 : 1 × silver, 2 × bronze

German championship title

• 100 meter hurdles: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
• 60 meter hurdles (hall): 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007

literature

• Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on German Athletics Promotion and Project Society.

Web links

• Homepage of Kirsten Bolm ( Memento from February 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
• Athlete portrait of Kirsten Bolm at the DLV
• Kirsten Bolm in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Kirsten Bolm in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Kirsten Bolm in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)